A cyclone alert has been issued for the Great Barrier Reef area of Australia for the upcoming weekend, starting on Thursday of this week. Tropical Cyclone Ului is expected to pack damaging winds and islands in the area of the Reef are being evacuated. At present, weather forecasters expect the cyclone to hit the Reef Sunday morning. See this article from Channel News Asia for more information.

We recommend that you delay travel to this area until early next week when it is likely that the cyclone will have passed through eastern Australia

For Tourism Information on travel safety in Australia, click here. For information of the best places to visit in Australia click here and

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